Shoppers in Middlesbrough are being urged to get involved in a new work of public art.

Art and design house Kitch-en is staging Free Wall in its gallery in the town's Dundas Shopping Mall.

Budding artists can demonstrate their talent and adorn the 12ft by 8ft wall with prints, fliers, stickers and posters.

They can also use paints and stencils to create their own works of art.

Kitch-en director Mark Warner said: "We're hoping to create something really special, unusual and unique which can be recorded at the end of the exhibition and which will, eventually, become part of local history."

He added: "The exhibition itself will feature many innovative and creative works which I'm sure will be of interest to a very high proportion of shoppers using the mall.

"We encourage everyone to drop by and see what's on display."

Free Wall is open on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays between 10am and 5pm.